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Kerwin Fjøl
Kerwin Fjøl

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Jan 23

The Anatomy of the Cliché; or, Do We Live In A Culture of Authenticity?

Including some light-hearted discussion on the following whimsical topics: Method acting — Gena Rowlands vs. Adam Driver vs. Eminem. Second-order observation: seeing through the eyes of the mass. We understood pro wrestling better when we thought it was real. The writer’s audience is always a fiction. The printing press and…

Authenticity

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The Anatomy of the Cliché; or, Do We Live In A Culture of Authenticity?
The Anatomy of the Cliché; or, Do We Live In A Culture of Authenticity?
Authenticity

50 min read


Jun 8, 2022

Collective Mnemotechnics: The Neglected Engine of Digital Tribalism

I. Introduction Here in America, we live in an age of mass binary partisanship enflamed by a growing constellation of digital tribes. Some are benign: destined to hunker down into an online ghetto and resign themselves to oblivion, sufficiently contented by the bonds of friendship. But many are fueled by the zeal…

Tribalism

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Collective Mnemotechnics: The Neglected Engine of Digital Tribalism
Collective Mnemotechnics: The Neglected Engine of Digital Tribalism
Tribalism

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Feb 1, 2021

The Authentic Expression of Human Emotion

Pt. 1: Those Who Perform I. Some time last year, a video surfaced online. A smartly dressed woman with short hair and glasses sat there in her car, talking to the video camera in her phone, which would then transmit her message to her audience of potentially anyone via social media. …

Social Media

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The Authentic Expression of Human Emotion
The Authentic Expression of Human Emotion
Social Media

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Jan 21, 2021

All-American Derrida

Note: I have never read any of Derrida’s work in the original French, and I don’t feel even the slightest bit of shame about it for reasons that will become clear if you care to read on. Nevertheless, this is a tainted paper, because I have read his work in…

Academia

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All-American Derrida
All-American Derrida
Academia

79 min read


Aug 16, 2020

The Liberal Supernarrative (As Taught to Normies)

Including discussion on the following topical issues and queries: The liberal historical supernarrative defined. In the future, historians will look back and say something stupid. The iconography of Uatu the Watcher. The Protestants take aim. The Illuminati set forth. Sorel mogs Jaurès. Gnostic Gaga. The historicists reign triumphant. How to…

Pedagogy

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The Liberal Supernarrative (As Taught to Normies)
The Liberal Supernarrative (As Taught to Normies)
Pedagogy

64 min read


May 5, 2020

On Pretentious Rhetoric

Including discussion on the following topical issues and queries: how pretentious rhetoric has been used effectively as job security. How the internet has shaped its usage over time. The problem with the “motte and bailey” metaphor. How critical theory and pretentious language has contributed to “the successor ideology.” The problem…

Academia

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On Pretentious Rhetoric
On Pretentious Rhetoric
Academia

46 min read

Kerwin Fjøl

Kerwin Fjøl

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Semiotics, media ecology, intellectual history, art & literature.

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